A security-camera photo of the Nov. 27, 2012, robbery of the Cloverville EZ Mart.Contributed

MUSKEGON, MI -- David Richard-Alexander Kortman has been sentenced to prison for a masked holdup of a Cloverville gas station in November.

Muskegon County Chief 14th Circuit Judge William C. Marietti on Tuesday, March 12, ordered Kortman, 22, of Muskegon, to state prison for between two years, four months and 20 years for armed robbery. Kortman also was ordered to pay $198 in fees and costs. Kortman pleaded guilty Feb. 5.

An employee of the Cloverville EZ Mart, 3576 Heights Ravenna Road, reported that at around 4 a.m. Nov. 27 a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt, orange ski mask and gloves robbed the business with a handgun. Multiple police agencies, including a K-9 unit, responded, but no arrest was made.

The Fruitport Township Police Department developed Kortman as a suspect, identifying him as being near the scene around the time of the holdup and having allegedly bought the mask and gloves used in it the day before.

David Kortman without the maskMuskegon County Jail

Police also gathered video evidence suggesting Kortman may have been casing at least one other gas station in the area, police said.

Police later executed a search warrant at Kortman’s apartment in Muskegon and found clues suggesting he had left for Florida, according to police.

Kortman was found in an Orlando home and arrested Dec. 6. He was lodged in the Orange County Jail in Florida, then extradited to Muskegon, where he was arraigned Jan. 4.